respectively and jeb bush and chris christie are tied at 5%. islamic extremists attack an african union base. good morning, evan. i'm erika gonzalez where we learn heavily armed fighters for al shabaab have taken credit on the peacekeepers. it began with a suicide bomb and followed up with heavy fighting. we're told fight is still going on inside that base. >> thank you, erika. a driver is in jail for setting off a gruesome nine-wreck car. that was on landover road in largo yesterday morning. plea police say 34-year-old juan sanchez was driving on a suspended license. police say charges are now pending for both crashes. coming up on 4:31.

in a few hours the 16-year-old who brought a loaded pistol to wilson high school in december will find out his punishment. he pleaded guilty to an unregistered fire arm and unregistered ammunition. it's not clear how the gun government past the school's metal detectors in washington. no one was hurt in that incident. d.c. is installing more surveillance cam rams. the rebates apply to businesses, property owners, and religious groups who install security cameras and register them with d.c. police. mayor bowser will sign the bill in the southeast at 11:00 this morning. police are hoping this surveillance video will help arrest the person you see there. police believe two armed robberies were committed by the same man. the first robbery happened at a cvs store at 40th street and benning road east on tuesday morning. the police say later that morning the same man robbed a

store at 19th and l street northwest. police want to know if you recognize the suspect. chuck bell has four things you need to know about the forecast. chuck? >> good morning once again. happy friday, everybody. here's what you need to know. ite going be dry for the most part, but -- you know you hate to hear but. it will be raining at about this evening. a colder pattern is coming very, very soon. so soon we may have snow flurries to contend with late sunday night into early sunday morning. here's your planner for today. chilly start. clouds will increase very quickly. rain will be moving in from the south. it could be raining as early as 5:00. by the time you're headed out, rain, prty steady rain at that. could get half an inch between 7:00 tonight and midnight. we'll take a closer look at the weekend and what to wear.

that's coming up in ten minutes. here's melissa mollet. >> good morning. dry roads now at least. 66 is fine. we'll talk inside the beltway in just a second. 95 northbound/southbound, no problems. you're nice and on time. that's southbound/northbound not going have any problem. beltway at st. barnabas, no problems here. east at westmoreland street, again, that ramp is block and we have police activity on westmoreland. also westbound at glebe road. the left lane getting by an accident there. glebe westbound to 66 right now blocked. we have a crew on the way to westmoreland in this situation. more coming up. we're learning more about the people behind that explosion in indonesia's capital. we also learned police arrested

three men believed to be linked to that attack two. civilians were killed and more hurt in the bombing. isis has claimed responsibility there. five attackers died. two had been previously convicted for terrorism. another was carrying an isis flag. all right. fire is coming out of the door. something just exploded. something just exploded. >> frantic everies from first responders as a prince george's apartment building goes up in flames. we're now hearing about those dramatic rescues at the adelphi buildings from the firefighters themselves. some residents were trapped inside wednesday night. firefighters who saw one couple on the balcony immediately started a ladder rescue mission to the top floor. >> i ended up grabbing him and bringing him up on the ladder. i told him if he felt comfortable coming down the ladder, i'd finish up with his wife. >> investigators are trying to

pinpoint a cause. they say they have not found anything suspicious. 4:35. happening tonight in a first of its kind meeting the districts will come together to talk about gun violence. they will discuss opportunities for regional collaboration to prevent gun violence in our area. a man in minneapolis dies while in police custody. this started around 9:00 last night and we're told that it started as a domestic dispute. when the police officers got there and were ready to take the man in custody, we're told he started complaining of chest pains. police say he was cooperating with officers at the time, but he did die on the scene. meanwhile the woman that was involved was taken to the hospital to be checked for some minor injuries. back to you. all right, erika, thank you. it's busy as usual at a day care center in ft. myer in arlington. officials say there was a

natural gas leak and no one was hurt. this week president obama attacked joe biden with an effort to attack cancer. it with us called a moonshot. >> i'm putting joe in charge of moon shot for the loved ones lost and the families saved, let's cure cancer once and for all. >> he's going to meet this morning. >> the wait is nearly over. began cub bei bei will make his public debut at the national zoo tomorrow. he was born back in august and now weighs nearly 25 pounds. the panda house has been closed since august to give mom mei xiang and the cubs some bonding time, and you can get your first glimpse of bei bei tomorrow

night. remember bow and tai shan? the zoo is going to be a madhouse. >> the panda may come out. good luck to you. >> sometimes they're in the trees or they hide. they're animals. >> they jump out. >> they don't jump out. 4:37. looking outside. it's dry now. that will soon change chuck will let us know if the kids will need their boots at the bus stop. yellow arrows get the green light. is d.c.'s

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and won't impact anyone in the u.s. >> i think flashing means you stop and then you can proceed with caution. chuck, i'm sorry. >> oh, no, oh, no. remind me to not only ride with eun. i don't even want to be on the road with eun. i'm going to let you leave first today, eun, and i'm going to follow safely behind you. temperatures mostly in the 30s to around 40 degrees. not terribly cold. we'll call it cool and sunny. temperatures in the upper 30s between 7:00 and 8:00. coming home from school today, kids could get away without the umbrella today. rain showers are much more likely after 5:00 or 6:00, so adults may want to take the umbrella. seven-day forecast and a return to the cold. that's coming up in ten minutes. here's melissa mollet with

information on 66. maybe eun was driving on 66. >> i doubt she caused the issues. 66 at westmoreland street, the lane is blocked. police activity there. westbound glebe road, the left lane gets by. we'll let you know when either of these let up this morning. top of the beltway looks good. all of those roadways into and out of town look good. no problems here northbound. southbound is also looking quite good this morning so you don't have any big worries there. we're going to take a live look at 66 when i'm back in ten minutes. >> melissa, thank you. you heard what they had to say. what about the opponents on the other side of the aisle. the reaction from the democrats after last night's gop debate.

headline. trump, way up, cruz going down. >> you can hear the boos there as candidates start to hit harder ahead of the iowa caucuses. many think last night's debate in south carolina felt like a three-man race between donald trump, ted cruz, and marco rubio. tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, what is the impact it's going have on the voters in iowa? >> ted cruz and donald trump mixed it up last night. trump thinks it has to do with the numbers in iowa. we know the iowa voters are watching very closely. remember, these are caucuses, not primaries, so people get much more involved in their candidates in iowa. much more focused the issues, which they did talk about quite a bit last night. >> what about the democratic challengers? they had a big night on social

media. bernie sanders and hillary clinton active. >> they were tweeting about this. hillary clinton said 2 1/2 hours. just imagine four years. bernie had a message for donald trump. no, we're not going hate latinos or muslims. we're going to stand together, #gopdebate. it became a topic of discussion with other candidates weighing in as to whether or not it's something we should do or disagree about it. >> jeb bush still trying to gain trarkz criticized trump on banning muslims from the united states. take a listen. >> this policy makes it impossible to build a coalition necessary to take out isis. the kurds are our strongest ally. they're muslim. you're not going to even allow them to come to our country? >> and so what do you think the response comes from? where is bush trying to take that line of debate?

>> what bush is trying to say and some other candidates have said is we cannot do a complete ban. what donald trump has said is we need to pause things until we decide who's coming into this country and he's not the only person on this stage who agreed with that. that's one area where the republican candidates seem to be really split on how far we're going to go in protecting our country. they all agree we need to keep our country safe. they all agreed we need to keep terrorists out of our country. but how far do you go in pressing and perhaps violating religious freedoms in order to do that. >> right. and real quickly, tracie, one of the things that people criticized this debate about, it felt more like an interview and there weren't enough follow-ups from the moderate irs. chuck todd tweeted that too. >> some of the candidates took up more time. even ben carson who's much more reserved jumped in and said,

hey, wait a minute. my name was called, and i get my minute and a half and ben carson said, hey, you said that and that applies to me. there were times they were fighting to get their word in. even though we narrowed the field, seven people is a lot on the stage to try to get substantive answers on a number of issues in just a couple of hoyers. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. now to the three hopefuls you didn't see on the main event. the candidates did not attack each other. instead they focused on hillary clinton and president obama and insisted iran, isis, and guns are flawed. hillary clinton appearing on "the tonight show" last night where jimmy fallon gave her a faux job interview for the presidency. >> how did you hear about the position? >> fourth grade social studies.

>> their conversation wasn't all jokes though. clinton said all the candidates have a tough task ahead of them. >> and it really depends upon, you know, who makes the best case that you can be the nominee to be whoever the republicans put up and try to get your folks who support you to come out. i find it exciting. the next democratic debate set for sunday night on nbc. clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley all expected to be there. there looks to be a new race for me toe. jim corcoran bowed out. he said he doesn't have enough time for the job. now d.c. councilman jack evans is the top contender. the board's eight members will vote on january 28. 16 weeks of paid family leave. that's the proposal in the district but officials say the

plan will cost too much. the chief financial officer said a proposed 1% payroll tax to pay for that program would not bring in enough cash. if you live and work in the district you get 16 paid weeks for the birth of a child, a medical condition, or if you're caring for a sick relative. some business leaders support the lenl lags. >> the current structure has a lot of unknowns. >> we can do it. we can afford it. our residents really deserve it. >> the district will have another public hearing next month. a man is on trial because of a joechblt police say thaddeus shorts was planning to use a drone to drive illegal items into a prison p. shorts is the first of three

defendants to face trial. good morning, everybody. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. oil prices starting to slide again. the u.s. benchmark down nearly 4ch falling below $30 a barrel. and in an early look at u.s. futures, the dow looks like it's going have another triple-digit fall. eun, we're going to keep an eye on it. back to you. >> thank you. the marine corps marathon is looking to change their design. feedback was that they wanted registration to be easier. are you running this marathon? >> i sure hope to. >> you are? >> i hope to. i plan on it every year. >> which number? >> 444. that's the number. i don't mind if they make the registration easier. i would like the race easier. >> are you running? >> do you know me? come on. >> got angie to run.

six months after angie had a baby she ran the marine corps marathon. >> talk to me after i have a baby. >> oh, lord. outside on a friday morning, what to expect for today. we're going to be off to a mild and sunny start. the first part of your friday is going to be amazing. clouds are going to come racing in friday afternoon. wlierkly to have rain about 6:00 or 7:00 tonight. if you're going to be gone all day and not coming home from work or whatever your plans are until much later, take the umbrella with you. 28 in maryland, 41 winchester, 41 in culpeper, 31 in capitol heights. temperatures are 5 to 15 degrees warmer than we were yesterday morning. yesterday turned out to be a beauty of day. planning to go out for your resolution run this morning training for the marathon perhaps? temperatures in the 30s. not too terribly cold and plenty of sunshine. honestly if you can run at lunch

hour, that's going to be the best time. radar shows the rain moving into atlanta. it's only about 14 hours a day. it puts it right smack dab in the beginning of your friday evening plans. it will be mild with increasing clouds. rain moves in after about 5:00 and rain will be likely between about 7:00 and 11:00. here's future weather. here come the clouds between 2:00 and 3:00. here's future stop at 6:00. here's the rain south and west of town. by 9:00 here's a batch of moderate rain. friday night dinner and a movie plans, take the umbrella for sure. rain should be out of here before the sun comes up tomorrow. highs tomorrow up near 50. it will be breezy at times. then on sunday, a chance for cloudy skies and maybe even snow flurries coming in sunday afternoon and more likely sunday night. that's ahead of the next big change. i'll speak more about the tumbling temperatures coming up at 5:01.

once it gets cold it stays cold all next week. you're going to get to wear your winter coat next week as well. melissa mollet, how's the traffic? >> still hanging around on 66. eastbound at westmoreland, still have that ramp blocked and then westbound at glebe, we have that left lane getting by the crash but the ramp from fairfax to westbound 66, the report is that it's still blocked. molette green on her way out to that one. right now prince george's good. don't have any problem. taking a look at the beltway, everything, inner loop and outer loop looking good. no problems. 66 looking good. outside, don't have any worries there. 270, northbound, southbound at montrose road also rolling along quite nicely. more on the problems on 66 coming up. melissa, thank you. neighbors on edge in alexandria.

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concern about gang violence in alexandria is growing after two recent arrests in high-profile murders. both victims were found dead in parks. the links are all linked to ms-13 gang. the gang is recruiting in schools and it tells parent as what to look out in their children. >> behavioral things, changes in bash and peer groups and family tivtss. >> they say the hundreds who have been arrested the most recently are the reason behind the push to increase membership. the fbi has been tracking them for some time now. they operate in at least 42 states including virginia and maryland as well as the district. the fbi putting their membership between 6,000 and 10,000 nationwide but they're expanding through recruitment and migration. they're linked to drug

distribution, murder, rape, and prostitution. theyou're looking at a webi. we put a link to it on the washington app. theebinar show as what the synthetic drug looked like and ways to keep them out of small businesses and stores. it also explains how clerks and landlords connected to synthetic drugs can face massive fines and jail time. a lip balm manufacturers is being hit with class action lawsuit. eos which stands for evolution of smooth is ignoring consumers and side effects. those affected now want damages and want the company to add a warning to the packaging. >> the frederick county council is considering changing zoning laws to stop the church of scientology from opening a drug rehab fa sigs. the maryland church is trying to get them to open the fa sigs on

trout run. yesterday the judge ruled in favor of the church. residents say there are better uses for that land. >> boy scout retreat or girl scout retreat or some kind of retreat center like that or nature center. >> now, the latest judge ruling may be meaningless. earlier this week the council introduced new legislation that would prevent rehab facilities from historic properties. >> stay with us. we continue at 5:00 a.m. one day after the world health organization cleared west africa of the virus, a confirmed case. a woman who died earlier this month died. officials say the country's level of preparedness is high and there's no cause for concern. yesterday the world health organization warned there could be more flare-ups of the disease. aaron and